The patch titled
Subject: coredump: cleanup the waiting for coredump_finish code
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
coredump-cleanup-the-waiting-for-coredump_finish-code.patch
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From: Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: coredump: cleanup the waiting for coredump_finish code
Replace the for loop with a simple if.
Signed-off-by: Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ben Chan <benchan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/exit.c | 7 ++-----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff -puN kernel/exit.c~coredump-cleanup-the-waiting-for-coredump_finish-code kernel/exit.c
--- a/kernel/exit.c~coredump-cleanup-the-waiting-for-coredump_finish-code
+++ a/kernel/exit.c
@@ -481,12 +481,9 @@ static void exit_mm(struct task_struct *
if (atomic_dec_and_test(&core_state->nr_threads))
complete(&core_state->startup);
- for (;;) {
- set_task_state(tsk, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
- if (!self.task) /* see coredump_finish() */
- break;
+ set_task_state(tsk, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+ if (self.task) /* see coredump_finish() */
schedule();
- }
__set_task_state(tsk, TASK_RUNNING);
down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from msb@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
vfork-dont-freezer_count-for-in-kernel-users-of-clone_vfork.patch
lockdep-check-that-no-locks-held-at-freeze-time.patch
coredump-cleanup-the-waiting-for-coredump_finish-code.patch
coredump-use-a-freezable_schedule-for-the-coredump_finish-wait.patch
coredump-abort-core-dump-piping-only-due-to-a-fatal-signal.patch
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